THE ELECTION: How They Took It

Wrote Columnist Barry Gray in the pro-Stevenson New York Post: "[We] put
our hands under our chins and press upward to bring our countenance back
into a semblance of normalcy." The dominant feeling among Democrats was
surprise. The abundant talk in the last few weeks before E-day about a switch to
Stevenson had not prepared them for what was, in fact, an overwhelming
switch to Eisenhower. A New York grocer named Vincent Goluch took it
hardest, turning in five false fire alarms the morning after election
(as he turned in the sixth, police arrested him). In San Antonio,...